Michael KuhnMar 2527 minThe Israel of GodThe Identity of God's People I lived in Cairo, Egypt for sixteen years. While there, I learned that the subject of Israel is a dangerous ...
Michael KuhnJan 205 minStuck in the Swamp: Contemplating Evangelical Enmeshment in Politicsoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon and on Ethics Daily Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest th...
Michael KuhnNov 7, 20195 minWhy Do the Nations Rage? The World’s Plea for Leadership with Integrity originally published at ABTS Lebanon Media outlets are noticing an unprecedented proliferation of uprisings around the globe—Hong Kong, C...
Michael KuhnAug 22, 20196 minThe Commodification of Mission in the Muslim Worldoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon A commodity—something that is bought and sold. Mission—the loving and joyful response of Christ’s fo...
Michael KuhnJul 12, 20196 minGetting the Trinity Out of the Ivory Toweroriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Are there any “ivory tower theologians” out there? I’ve never seen an ivory tower…and I suppose that...
Michael KuhnJun 20, 20195 minMuslim-Christian Relations and Freedom of Conscienceoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon In reflecting over the long history of Muslim-Christian interaction, it appears some hopeful winds o...
Michael KuhnJan 17, 20194 minEast and West: Putting Our Best Foot Forwardoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon I recently learned that Eugene Peterson, author, pastor and Bible translator, passed away. At the sa...
Michael KuhnJun 15, 20187 minReframing the Holy Land and the People of Godoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon There is no more deeply entrenched issue facing the world than the question of Israel and Palestine....
Michael KuhnNov 9, 20176 minA Modest Proposal for Changing the World originally published at ABTS Lebanon and Fuller Studio While traveling recently through North America, it struck me frequently that norma...
Michael KuhnFeb 16, 20177 minThe US Immigration Ban: A View from the Kingdomoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Thus the so-called outsiders are really only "insiders" who have not yet understood and apprehended ...
Michael KuhnJun 15, 20166 minTakfīr and Church Unity: A Lesson from an Unlikely Sourceoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon A new word keeps showing up in the news describing radical Islamic groups—takfīr. It’s the English t...
Michael KuhnJan 21, 20165 minRethinking Hospitality: Pondering the Sexual Harassment Scandal in Germanyoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Not that long ago, German Chancellor Merkel made news by flinging the door open to immigrants seekin...
Michael KuhnJul 9, 20155 minJesus and the Overthrow of Religionoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Having grown up in the West, I was aware that a trend emerged in the post-World Wars era towards a r...
Michael KuhnApr 30, 20156 minThe New Face of ISISoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Things are not always as they seem… A recent article in Spiegel sheds new and significant light on t...
Michael KuhnMar 6, 20155 minThe Apocalypse and the Islamic Stateoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Recently our community had the privilege of hearing a lecture by New Testament scholar David deSilva...
Michael KuhnJan 22, 20155 minChristians, Culture and Power originally published at ABTS Lebanon Never ask a fish “how’s the water?” I know…fish don’t talk so they can’t respond. But the point is t...
Michael KuhnOct 30, 20146 minKingdom Reality-Check and the Middle East Crisisoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Jesus’ first declaration of his public ministry was “repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.” The ...
Michael KuhnMay 8, 20145 minNot Your Normal, Everyday Conferenceoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon It was like every other Christian conference I’ve ever attended. It was like no other Christian conf...
Michael KuhnMar 28, 20145 minUnity, A Sore Spotoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon I grew up in a place where my family drove past three or four churches to get to the one we attended...
Michael KuhnJan 21, 20145 minAbu Al-Qasim's Pomegranatesoriginally published at ABTS Lebanon Last week I found myself reading a dialogue—an actual conversation—between a Muslim government offic...